Frying pan



July 3, R923.

H.: c. HUGHES 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 'Eild Feb. 210 1922 July .3, W23.

H. C. HUGHES FRYING PAN Filed Feb. 20 1532 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented July3, 1923.

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FBYING SPAN.

A plication llled'rebruary 20,-1929. Serial No. 537,775.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HmA-M G; HUGHES, of-

Bost n, in the county of Suffolk and State of assachusetts, a citizen ofthe United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in FryingPans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fryin pans wherein, while thegreater part of t e floor of the pan is substantially flat so astosupport properly the article to be cooked, gutters are provi ed toallow the greater part of the fat to drain ofi while eaving enough incontact with the article to be cookedto prevent it from sticking to thean or getting burnt.

, y invention will be understood by reference to the drawings in whichit .is-shown in its preferred form;

Figure 1 is a plan of a frying pan emboilrymg my invention.

igs. 2 and 3 being cross sections on lines 2-2 and3-3 of Fi 1. y

A is the pan provided with sides A and lips A for pourin the liquidtherefrom.

B is'the handle an B -is a rest to engage the edge of a stove hole orother'support. The floor of the pan is continuous or im perforate and isprovided with, gutters a which preferably are all connected together andhave betweenthem supports a for the article to be cooked. These supportsform the greater part of the flooring and each is cpl 'eferably providedwith a shallow concavlty a. which may receive and hold a small amount ofthe drippings from the. article being'cooked,enough to prevent thearticle from sticking to the pan. If these concavities get full they aresuch that the liquid will overflow therefrom' My pan may be cast orstamped out from thin metal, and it will be noticed that it is ofsubstantially equal thickness throughout.

Each support has apocket a underneath it so that theflames and gaseswill collect therein and furnish the necessary heat for cooking. Theupper sides of these supports are of considerable extent and serve as anearly continuous substantially level cooking surface for the pan. Theunder sides of-these supports are exposed directly to the heat of thefire and are separated from each other by gutters sufiiciently wide tocollect the drippings but not wide enough to deprive the material to becooked of the, heat necessary for properly cooking it.

'- The improved pan is unlike a wire broiler ""in that all the juicesresulting from the cooki are preserved and yet all parts of the articleto be cooked are subjected to an equal and high degree. of heat becauseof the heat-collecting pockets under the supports so that the article iscooked by the heat of the metal and not direct] by the fire. Theconcavities on top of eac support collect enough of the juices to keepthe article from sticking to the pan I do not mean to limitmyself to theprecise arrangement of supports and connected gutters shown, though Ihave found this arrangement very satisfactory.

What I claim as my invention is A frying pan having a continuous,imperforate floorin comprising supports havmg cooking su aces ofconsiderable extent and a series of gutters located between saidsupports to catch the drippin from the articles being cooked, the un ersides of said supports being recessed whereby they will form pockets tohold the heat from the fire, and the upper or cooking surfaces of saidsupports being formed concave so as to be adapted to receive and holdsmall amounts of grease drippings to prevent articles which are beincooked from stick- 95 ing to the extended coo surfaces.

HIRAM C'. HUGHES.

